A calendar of grants, resources, and funding opportunities listed by application or inquiry due date and tagged in various categories. For more information about grant, foundation, and other resources contact Laura Hennighausen at lhennighausen@purposepossible.com.
Womens Sports Foundation: Sports4Life
The Women’s Sports Foundation advances the lives of women and girls in the United States through sports and physical activity. The Foundation’s Sports 4 Life program seeks to increase the participation and retention of girls of color in sports. Funded programs must serve predominantly Black, African American, Hispanic, and Native American girls (representing more than 70% of the enrolled program participants) and deliver structured, developmental sports programming to girls ages 11 to 18 through experienced and committed leadership. In general, applicants should be nonprofit schools, parks and recreation departments, nonprofit organizations, or amateur sports leagues. Funding can be used for coaching, curriculum, equipment, uniforms, transportation, facility rental, tournaments, and team-building activities.
Grant amount: $10,000
Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's Corporate Giving Program
Geographic scope: United States and Canada, with a focus on projects of national scope, projects near the company’s retail locations, and the Missouri Ozarks region.
Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's corporate giving program aims to positively shape the future of the outdoors in the United States and Canada. Support is provided for projects and events with a national scope; near a retail Bass Pro Shop, Cabela's, or Tracker Boat Center; and in the Missouri Ozarks region. Areas of interest include conserving wildlife and habitat, connecting new audiences to the outdoors, advocating for access and sportsmen’s rights, supporting military and veterans, and strengthening communities in the Missouri Ozarks.
PeopleForBikes: Industry Community Grant Program
Grants Improve Bicycling Infrastructure in U.S. Communities
Application deadline: October 20, 2023, for letters of interest
Grant amount: $5,000 to $10,000
PeopleForBikes’ Industry Community Grant Program provides funding for projects that make bicycling better in communities across the U.S. Support is provided for bicycle infrastructure projects and targeted initiatives that make it easier and safer for people of all ages and abilities to bike.
The focus is on funding infrastructure projects that improve a community’s City Ratings score by building connections in a low-stress bikeway network or improving access to recreational amenities.
Priority is given to projects in which funding closes a financial gap or leverages additional funds, projects that address historical inequities in low-income communities and communities of color, and projects that are part of a larger strategy to build a network of bikeways and bike facilities that enable people of all ages and abilities to access bicycling as transportation or recreation.